A new PS4 System Software update is coming – sign up now for the beta

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We’re getting ready for the next major system software update for PlayStation 4, and as with previous updates are looking for PS4 owners help to fine tune it ahead of launch.

Starting today, you can sign up here for a chance to be a beta tester and get an early look at some of the new features and improvements coming to PS4.

Beta testers for last October’s PS4 system software update 5.00, got early access to features like Family on PlayStation Network, friend list management, message improvements and much more before launch.

To register, you’ll need a PS4 system, be connected to the internet and be the master account holder. If you want to opt out of the trial, you can always roll back to a previous system software version at any time.

You can also choose to be added to future betas automatically without having to register again.

We’ll be back soon with an update on the features you can expect in the beta. And thanks to everyone who helped out in the previous beta trial – your feedback is always valued and we hope to see you online again for this one!

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Hoping it will let you download and play all your PS1 digital purchases on a PS4 but really probably gonna be a bunch more social features (some of which I admittedly find useful but would love to play Symphony of the Night on my main console with the extra features the PS4 has). Signed up anyways as been beta tester before.

And this is exactly why I kept my Playstation 3 console. Yes, it’s not my main console either and it WOULD be nice to play all the games on one machine but at the same time, I’m glad they didn’t do backwards compatability because I don’t think I would have been able to afford a $600 console at the time I finally did buy my PS4. (Hin hint, Sony, how about making a machine add-on to let us do all the older games on the PS4 ?)

The PS2 emulator is already on PS4, but Sony need to make it compatible with more than 1% of PS2 games or there’s no point. There are PS2 games I would play on PS4 but they’re just not there and probably never will be.

Well i hope sony invites NEW PEOPLE to try the beta insted of using the same people over and over or signing up to a beta is pointless when sony obviously rigs it that they use the same people over and over and dosnt let new people try the beta well i hope i get into the beta this time after a friend gave me a code for last 1

A decent PS1 emulator please, I have lots of PS1 digital downloads for my Vita which I’d like to play on my big screen (perhaps with various options to change resolution, etc). Don’t bother with Trophies or anything like that, just a nice chance to replay some old friends a bit.

Also would like to be able to remove Beta’s & Demo’s from the Purchase section. Since although from a previous update its easier to sort through the games currently installed. But it’s a slight annoyance not being able to remove beta’s etc that are no longer needed/expired

Disk support would make them less money than they’d get from selling the few games on the store to the few people that want them. It’s not like there’s a bunch of people waiting for the PS4 to have PS1 support before they finally purchase it either.

It would probably be digital purchases only (to make them a tiny amount of money), which would also prevent incompatibilities like the PS2 and PS3 had (with games like DoA and FF VIII on disk).

A lot of people value backwards compatibility st0rmbr1nger, PS Now isn’t the same thing as just being able to put the disc in and it plays. On PC you don’t have to choose between older games and newer games, you can have both. I don’t see why it shouldn’t be the same on consoles. Microsoft have the right idea in having three generations of Xbox games playable on Xbox One. It’s time for Sony to catch up.

Sony getting complacent because PS2 sold more than every other console, was the reason why the PS3 launch was such a disaster. They shouldn’t assume they no longer have to make an effort, just because they are way ahead of Xbox One right now. It could quite easily go the other way again with the PS5 and next Xbox. The Xbox 360 did well so Microsoft thought all those users would just go straight to Xbox One. They didn’t.

You all need to do your research on backwards compatibility this is no easy task it sure as hell wasnt for Microsoft lucky for them they had lack of projects to focus on to achieve it stop complaining bout it if you don’t know the process if they can get to it they will for now enjoy all the games and features they have to offer they have more projects on their hands than to even focus on that, hell Nintendo was supposed to have GameCube compatibility on the Switch since last year The process isn’t easy

It’s certainly not an easy task but it can be done. There are working PS3 emulators on PC now and these are just unofficial projects. So “PS3 emulation is too hard” doesn’t seem as convincing as it did a few years ago.

I would agree adding PS3 & PS2 Disc activation would make perfect sense Playstation Now after 3 years has only 450 titles that can not be purchased for keeps most of them that are up there i own on the PS3 anyway.

I guess we are in for things like more c**p custom themes system Stability tougher parental controls that will justify a 6 months system update

The best feature would be to change the Gamertag, but it’ll never happen. They would of done it ages ago if they were going to do it. Can you imagine the chaos that would follow though, tens of millions of users changing their Gamertag at the same time, Sony servers would explode. Without sounding insensitive, who cares about playing old PS1 & PS2 games on the PS4, what a waste of processing power and electricity?! If you’re that bothered buy a scart lead and hook up your old system.

It’ll just be visual software tweeks, moving stuff around, just like usual….

Here’s an idea Sony, fix your email issue before you redesign the PS4 desktop. I never get any emails, newsletters, promotional emails or statistics as promised. Despite being signed up for the lot. Talking to customer services is like trying to have a conversation with a wet kipper! And on Twitter, they’re just aweful. My Nan could give better advice.

Being able to remove any game from your library perminantly would be great,...

The best feature would be to change the Gamertag, but it’ll never happen. They would of done it ages ago if they were going to do it. Can you imagine the chaos that would follow though, tens of millions of users changing their Gamertag at the same time, Sony servers would explode. Without sounding insensitive, who cares about playing old PS1 & PS2 games on the PS4, what a waste of processing power and electricity?! If you’re that bothered buy a scart lead and hook up your old system.

It’ll just be visual software tweeks, moving stuff around, just like usual….

Here’s an idea Sony, fix your email issue before you redesign the PS4 desktop. I never get any emails, newsletters, promotional emails or statistics as promised. Despite being signed up for the lot. Talking to customer services is like trying to have a conversation with a wet kipper! And on Twitter, they’re just aweful. My Nan could give better advice.

Being able to remove any game from your library perminantly would be great, purchased or otherwise. Or at the very least have a “hide” feature, some junk I’ve bought really gets on my nerves.

Also having the ability to delete any set of trophies I want from the profile, hey some stuff is embarrassing!

Some people do care about playing PS1 and PS2 games on PS4, it’s convenient having an all in one console. Some new TVs don’t even support scart leads any more. I’d say having four consoles connected to my TV all at once is more of a waste of electricity, than just doing it all through the PS4 would be.

It would be nice to receive the vr content previously promised as other platforms seem to be able to make the step over with pro cars 2 assetto corsa and ps4 could not even cover what it promised in gt sport plus I notice vr has been pulled from other games such as ace combat7 leaving gamers with meagre last minute experiences and novelties quickly cast aside

Please, the ability to delete unwanted trophies! It’s just ugly to have a game stuck at 3% because you gave it a try and then decided you don’t want to play anymore. Or, at least, the ability to delete trophies under 10%! Will this ever happen?

Nope I have noticed a few people over the past 10 years ask for this. But I just don’t think they ever will or even if they can put such a feature in place. I think the best you can do is hide them from other players seeing a certain set of trophies on your profile.

Why wouldn’t it be possible? There’s other ways around it too, like they could at the very least hide the hidden trophies from the users themselves (except for in the selecting menu, obviously), or bump them all the way down under my very first PS3 games.

in time Sony will but gaming developers will still support for a long time after Sony only developed the PS4 cause they want to make a cheaper console the PS3 used a more expensive chip-set where the PS4 is cheaper & has a more powerful but cheaper Chip-set. That does not change the fact that Sony should bring PS3 games to the PS4 cause both PS3 & PS4 Game disc use Blu-ray Technology thus they both use HD both are designed for wide screen both have no region protection so there would not be much modification required streaming is great for movies but not for games

Atmos or DTS:X is needed indeed. As the Blu-ray’s next step was 4k together with Atmos, and the other console is doing Atmos, this is a must. Furthermore Sony has 3D sound is some games, which were achieved using DTS technology. So Sony please gives us Atmos support

I tried PlayStation Now but it’s useless until we can choose the language we want. No way I’ll ever subscribe until we can. I live in Belgium and am a native English speaker. All I wanted was to play Fallout 3 but no. It’s in French! I could live with it in Dutch as I live in the Dutch speaking part but I don’t even have that option! Useless!

No one cares for backwards compatibility, why would I buy a New Console to play games I’ve already played? Backwards compatibility on any platform besides pc is Stupid. New Console We wanna play new games not games we’ve already played before. What we really need is PSN Online ID name changing.

I wouldn’t say BC is an absolute necessity but it sure would be handy (unless you’re a pc gamer who doesn’t own many previous consoles or games?)… And the competition’s got it… The way I see it, BC is kind of a goodwill thing, a nice gesture towards your audience and gaming in general. A way to say they want to give something back for all our undying support. Those that don’t offer it, obviously care more about profits than about their customers or gaming market. To me, things like that really matter, the impression they make with some of their actions. I have lost a lot of respect for Sony since they started charging for online via PS+, and in the meanwhile Microsoft got BC for their public, too…

Speak for yourself IILeGiT_GhOsTII. Just because you don’t use it doesn’t mean no one else is interested. Console generations are a very outdated idea now. PC users don’t have to choose between older games and newer games so neither should console users. Xbox One users can play new games and also have an extra 400+ Xbox/Xbox 360 games in the Xbox game library. Time for Sony to catch up.

I have recently made a switch to PS4 from Xbox One, I like the cleaner UI in the beginning but miss lot of Xbox UI features. Have mentioned below some features or options, kindly go through and try implementing them. Also please refer to competition regularly (Xbox) for new relevant / good features they are implementing regularly.

1> Better navigating system (like Xbox guide) – for all the messages or party connect/options a separate screen opens which becomes very annoying, it is taking me away from the game also taking some time to open. All these are very easy through Xbox guide.

2> Use of L1 / R1 / L2 / R2 – while navigating kindly give access to these buttons eg. scrolling down or up with L2 & R2 (same present in Xbox). Home screen can use R1 & R2 for different tabs accessing main pages like My games, Whats New or News feed, Community activities, game store and app store.

I have recently made a switch to PS4 from Xbox One, I like the cleaner UI in the beginning but miss lot of Xbox UI features. Have mentioned below some features or options, kindly go through and try implementing them. Also please refer to competition regularly (Xbox) for new relevant / good features they are implementing regularly.

1> Better navigating system (like Xbox guide) – for all the messages or party connect/options a separate screen opens which becomes very annoying, it is taking me away from the game also taking some time to open. All these are very easy through Xbox guide.

2> Use of L1 / R1 / L2 / R2 – while navigating kindly give access to these buttons eg. scrolling down or up with L2 & R2 (same present in Xbox). Home screen can use R1 & R2 for different tabs accessing main pages like My games, Whats New or News feed, Community activities, game store and app store.

3> Top options (using L3) eg. notifications, online friends, messages, settings, etc. – while scrolling up using L3 all these options doesn’t provide detail information (eg. online friends, notifications etc.), we have to press the option to get into details as there is no space.

4> Search option and inviting new people from LFG – searching alphabet by alphabet is pain, please improvise this. And if I have to invite (for game and party) a new player through LFG or other source I have to add him first which is not good as if I am not comfortable then I have to remove the player.

I know these changes will led to another changes in the overall UI but suggesting for a better user experience. Have lot more to say regarding trophy system, UI changes (messages, party, playstation button menu on controller etc.) but keeping it to the above suggestions as these points seems critical to me, I would like to participate if you need more suggestions on these options or general.

Ahh! Yet more social features and parental guidance options that literally nobody wanted or needed. Sony engineers must be living in a bunker. How about a ability to remove demos and betas from library? Too “hard” or even “impossible” to program like backwards compatibility? Or how about something really crazy like an option to hide [DELETED] 1% plus-games from trophylist? I know that’s like rocket-science of the 22th century., Does Sony have brainstorming weekends in some secret space station or volcano hideout where they come up with these outrageously useless ideas or do they just arise naturally?

– Ability to delete unwanted game trophies (not just 0%. could use security email or SMS to verify and have a 30 day undo period)

– Add a progression bar to trophies (so we can see how far/close we are from getting a trophy)

– Trophy tracker (a box that stays on screen when playing a game with the progression bar to show how close we are to getting a trophy. Also ability to place the box where we want it to be on the screen)

Stats:

– Deeper stat tracking (how long we’ve played a game for, longest played multiplayer game, trophies in the last month etc.)

PSN ID:

– Ability to change PSN ID.

User Interface:

– Pin favourite games to the front of the PS4 menu screen.

Quick Menu:

– Ability to change the colour, opacity and font size of the quick menu.

PS Store:

– Add a wishlist to the PS4 systems store (currently only on PC web browsers)

– Ability to delete unwanted game trophies (not just 0%. could use security email or SMS to verify and have a 30 day undo period)

– Add a progression bar to trophies (so we can see how far/close we are from getting a trophy)

– Trophy tracker (a box that stays on screen when playing a game with the progression bar to show how close we are to getting a trophy. Also ability to place the box where we want it to be on the screen)

Stats:

– Deeper stat tracking (how long we’ve played a game for, longest played multiplayer game, trophies in the last month etc.)

PSN ID:

– Ability to change PSN ID.

User Interface:

– Pin favourite games to the front of the PS4 menu screen.

Quick Menu:

– Ability to change the colour, opacity and font size of the quick menu.

PS Store:

– Add a wishlist to the PS4 systems store (currently only on PC web browsers)

– Ability to gift games to another PSN ID via the PS4 systems store

– Refunds (for example if a game hasn’t been played yet or has only been played for a few minutes)

Get ready for a great new major update for the PS4 system, where you’ll be able to:

Change the font of the clockChoose one more colour for your notificationsSelect from more brightness settings for your Dual Shock’s light bar

More seriously, though, here’s what I hope:

Being able to sort and filter the purchased items. Like many, here, I’m sick of seeing these betas and demos in my list. It’s a mess!Being able to delete Trophies would be niceBeing able to let folders automatically sort the items inside (by alphabetical order, last played, etc.)Like someone else suggested here: I’d like to see more stats. Time spent playing one game, time played VS tophies earned, this kind of interesting dataI also wouldn’t mind more functionality around trophies, like progress barsI wouldn’t mind more available colours for the default themes, either

Please add this time a small and important feature like “timer” you added a clock when we click on the quick menu but a timer is a must for people that goes for trophies and some of them ask for speed run, I found myself using my iphone timer but it’s not that convenient.

Also an option to remove an Update version will be nice! if i remember right we have that on PS3.

make a progress info for trophies like: you need to shoot 20 times with this gun so you will have on your trophy 12/20 so I will know how much I have missing (I heard X-box have that already long time ago)